I. The commissioner or the medical director of the department of health and human services shall serve as a voting member of the board, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of medical director, the commissioner shall appoint a designee. The commissioner and the medical director, or designee, are exempt from the provisions of RSA 329:4, II and the residency requirements of RSA 329:3. II. The remaining 10 members of the board shall be appointed, as their terms expire, by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Their terms of office shall be 5 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. Appointees to the unexpired portion of a full term shall become members of the board on the day following such appointment. Time served in filling an unexpired term shall not affect an appointee's eligibility to serve 2 consecutive full terms. The governor and council may remove any appointed member of the board for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance.
I. The commissioner or the medical director of the department of health and human services shall serve as a voting member of the board, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of medical director, the commissioner shall appoint a designee. The commissioner and the medical director, or designee, are exempt from the provisions of RSA 329:4, II and the residency requirements of RSA 329:3. II. The remaining 10 members of the board shall be appointed, as their terms expire, by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Their terms of office shall be 5 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. Appointees to the unexpired portion of a full term shall become members of the board on the day following such appointment. Time served in filling an unexpired term shall not affect an appointee's eligibility to serve 2 consecutive full terms. The governor and council may remove any appointed member of the board for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance.
I. The commissioner or the medical director of the department of health and human services shall serve as a voting member of the board, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of medical director, the commissioner shall appoint a designee. The commissioner and the medical director, or designee, are exempt from the provisions of RSA 329:4, II and the residency requirements of RSA 329:3. II. The remaining 10 members of the board shall be appointed, as their terms expire, by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. Their terms of office shall be 5 years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Appointments to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. Appointees to the unexpired portion of a full term shall become members of the board on the day following such appointment. Time served in filling an unexpired term shall not affect an appointee's eligibility to serve 2 consecutive full terms. The governor and council may remove any appointed member of the board for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance.
